Migrant families who are sheltering overnight in makeshift spaces inside a Massachusetts state office building are being offered additional support during the days when they cannot stay inside.
Keinymar Avila, a tiny 7-year-old with microcephaly who has never been separated from her mother, curled up in the arms of a woman she’d recently met. Her mother, Yamile Perez, glanced over at her daughter to make sure all was well as she attended a virtual meeting with Chicago Public Schools officials who were evaluating Keinymar’s needs. It is not easy to let someone else hold your child, .
Massachusetts has begun awarding grants to local agencies to set up temporary housing sites for homeless families. The state is scrambling to newly arriving migrants places to stay after hitting a state-imposed limit of 7,500 families in the state’s emergency homeless shelter system.